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French and Indian War
F&I war ends. This was a worldwide conflict known in Europe as the Seven Years War. This war was fought between Great Britain and France for the control of large territories over the world. Which the in result of this war, lasting from 1754 - 1763 was the expansion of British Empire. -
The Stamp Act
The British Parliament imposed on the American colonies the required print material such as legal documents, magazines, and newspapers to be produced on paper which had a royal stamp on it. Tax could not be paid with colonial issuers paper but only in British pounds. This Act was passed to provide income for British troops. -
The Boston Massacre
The killing of five men, British colonists. Soldiers fired into the crowd without orders. Eight soldiers were arrested where then they were defended by John Adams who got six of them acquitted and two reduced charge of manslaughter. -
The Tea Act & The Boston Tea Party
Colonist protest the Tea Act with the “Boston Tea Party.” The Tea Act was to help the British East India Company get rid of surplus tea. They would not have to pay tax on the table at the colonist would still have to pay a tax on the purchase of tea. Despite the overall price still being cheaper, other brands of tea were being illegally sold at the time. The colonial response was the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea party was when a huge shipment of tea was dumped into Boston Harbor. -
The Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress meet was a meeting of representatives of the American colonies that ultimately became the government of the U.S. After this they met three more times. -
THE WAR BEGINS!!!
Lexington and Concord breakout in a huge fight! The first shot of the battle became known as “ the shot heard around the world.” The two battles were the first battle between American Minutemen and the British army. It was a victory that pushed the British withdrawal from the countryside back to Boston. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
One of the first battles of the American Revolution. Colonial forces with the two assaults by British army but ran out of ammunition by the third attack. Because of the loss of ammunition the surrender seemed as defeat for colonial forces at the time. British forces were severely weekend who had lost a large number of men and ultimately capturing Bunker (and Breeds) hill. -
Siege of Boston
The Siege was a month long confrontation between the newly created continental army and the British in the aftermath of the battle of Lexington and Concorde Americans sought to capture Boston and bring them to surrender of the British army they trapped in the city. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson amended by the Continental Congress the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 2 and adopted on July 4th 1776. -
GREAT Fire of NewYork
On September 21, 1776 a fire broke out on the west side of New York City and mostly confined to the lower tip of Manhattan. 25% of the city burn to the ground during the fire, which was suspected of having been said by rebel American forces to tamper with British control. Despite the condition New York City still remain occupied by British until the end of the war in 1883. -
Valley Forge
This is where George Washington and the Continental Army camped during the winter of 1777-1778. Troops suffered from Harsh cold, starvation, and disease. Washington miraculously managed to hold the army together with news that the French would enter the war on the American side. -
Treaty of Paris WAR HAS ENDED!!
In 1783 the war has finally ended by the Treaty of Paris. Great Britain recognize the independence of the United States and gave up territory to the new country that included everything between the Appalachian Mountains in the Mississippi River. Britain also made a piece with France through this tree as well. The British would remain in violation of the treaty by maintaining forts in the Midwest that would not be removed until the end of the war of 1812. -
The United States afterwards
As a result of the treaty of Paris, the United States was recognized by Great Britain as an independent nation. The British gave a large amount of territory in which today is known as the American Midwest. -
Philadelphia Constitutional Convention
The 1787 constitutional convention originally minute in order to reform the Articles of Confederation which was the first governing document of the newly created United States. Instead the convention decided to scrap the Articles and draw up a new document which would deal with issues facing the new nation at the time. -
Judiciary Act
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the federal justiciary system and gave it a shape, something the constitution did not specifically mention. -
Compromise of 1790
The Compromise of 1790 was a deal between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton in which Jefferson agreed to back Hamilton’s plan for the federal government to assume all the war debt of the individual states while Hamilton agreed to back moving the National Capital from NewYork City to a territory somewhere in the South, which eventually became the city of Washington D.C. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The whiskey rebellion was a 1791 protest against a tax on alcohol that had been passed to generate revenue and pay down the national debt. The “Rebellion” was bloodless as the protesters went home before the military got to the area but the message behind sending an armed force to the region was to show that the nee government, operating under the new Constitution.
